Mohadesa Najumi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. After completing his basic education at the age of 13, he moved to a city named Herat to continue his higher education. After a short time, however, he was forbidden to study and had to travel to Pakistan. He stayed there for a year and a half, and then went back to Afghanistan to continue his education.
He completed his university education at the University of Kabul and earned a master's degree from the University of Herat
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After receiving his master's degree, Najumi taught economics at Kabul University for four years. He was convinced that the primary requirement for any good leader is an understanding of human nature. In order to understand people better, he traveled from country to country for a short time.
He spoke with thousands of people in thirty different countries and read many books on psychology and sociology, as well as other books on leadership and personal development.
Najumi established the first Afghan training center for self-development in Kabul in 1989, where he teaches courses on economics, business management, leadership skills, as well as other courses on personal development. He has also been working as an advisor to the government of Afghanistan for over six years. In March 2003 he was promoted from advisor to ambassador-at-large for international affairs by President Hamid Karzai...[his] work has been recognized by the U.S.
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The author's contribution to this work is twofold: First, Mohadesa Najumi has provided an objective analysis of the Islamic Republic of Iran with regard to its political, social, cultural and economic aspects; secondly, he has shown how this system arose out of specific historical conditions involving Western imperialism in Iran with particular reference to Western colonialism in general and British colonialism in particular...The author's premise is that 'the process of cultural evolution is irreversible.' This means that even if current trends towards fundamentalism proceed apace it will not be able to halt or reverse the process already initiated..
Mohadesa Najumi's main finding is that there exists today an essentially conservative trend within Iranian political thinking which can be defined as fundamentalism...The author believes that fundamentalism is not only deeply rooted in Persian culture but also finds expression in almost all strata of Iranian society...The author believes that fundamentalism will not be able to stimulate radical change within Iranian society but will rather contribute towards the perpetuation of existing social structures within Iran...
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